- Let's put the pedal to the metal and…actually practice some of these automating styles…and turning them into superintelligent beings…for our templates, kind of thing.…So let's say that we've been given this InDesign file,…a book, "I Remember Cheese".…Love it.…I'll zoom out a bit.…So you can see the scope of it, it's not that huge…but there's a lot of text here.…A lot of text that could do well with…some superintelligent automation.…We're asked to create a template because…they're going to do a series of books.…

"I Remember Cheese", "I Remember Pork Chops"…and so on.…First thing we want to do, of course, is look at…the paragraph and character style situation.…And look at how beautiful these paragraph styles are.…They are named intelligently, they're grouped…nice and neatly.…Character styles also look pretty healthy.…But there is always room for improvement.…That's what you are going to do in this practice file.…For example, I'm going to scroll down here.…Let's say that in this poem, they tell you that…we want every first word in all caps.…

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9/24/2015

An InDesign template is a beautiful thing. If you find yourself creating the same kind of document over and over again, a template can save you a tremendous amount of time. Working with other designers? A template can help make sure you're all on the same page. And if you need to get clients up and running on their own, a template can provide the guidance they need to execute a design successfully.

So what are you waiting for? In this course, Anne-Marie Concepción shows how to use InDesign to find and create templates that fit your needs. By building in the power tools you need for production—flexible master pages, logical layers, object styles, libraries and snippets, and styles—you'll have a template that prepares you for success. Plus, get tips, secret shortcuts, and useful scripts, as well as practice lessons to reinforce your newfound skills along the way.